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Name_________________________________________ Date_____________ Period______
Practice Quiz on Plate Tectonics, Stress, and Deformation
Quiz Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Types of Stresses
Shearing
Compression
Tension
I. Use the figure above and your knowledge of plate boundaries to fill in the blanks in the table:
Lateral
(top view)
Normal
(side view)
Reverse
(side view)
Types of Faults
Type of stress
causing fault
Type of plate
boundary mainly
having this fault
II. Folds The type of stress that typically causes folds in rock is _____________________________.
III. Faulting vs. folding. For each of the following conditions write the words “fault” or “fold” to
indicate which type of deformation would be more likely for the condition. For each pair one
condition favors faulting and the other condition favors folding.
1. a) higher temperature __________________
b) lower temperature __________________
2. a) lower pressure __________________
b) higher pressure __________________
3. a) brittle rock __________________
b) ductile rock __________________
4. a) gradual stress __________________
b) sudden stress __________________
IV. Hot Spots
1. Most earthquakes and volcanic activity occur at plate boundaries. Explain why Hawaii has volcanic
activity and earthquakes even though it is in the middle of the Pacific Plate.
2. How did the other Hawaiian islands form even though the big island of Hawaii is the only one with
active volcanoes?
V. All Plate Boudaries
Fill in the table below for each of the plate boundaries. A word bank is given for each column.
Type of boundary
Features
mid-ocean ridge
non-volcanic mountains
rift valley
trench
volcanic island arc
volcanic mountains on land
Activities
earthquakes
mountain building
new ocean crust being
formed
subduction
volcanic activity
Examples
Aleutian Islands
Andes Mountains Cascade
Mountains Himalayan
Mountains Japan
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
Divergent
Ocean-ocean
Convergent
Ocean-continent
Convergent
Continent-continent
Convergent
Strike-slip (Transform)
VI. Plate Boundary Pictures – Also use the “Map of Tectonic Plates and Boundaries” on the back of the “Schematic
Circular Cross Section of Tectonic Plates and Boundaries”.
1. What type of plate boundary is illustrated to the right?
_____________________________________________
2. Which number(s) on the map of plate boundaries
correspond to this type of boundary? _______________
3. What is the main example of this type of boundary?
_____________________________________
4. Do earthquakes or volcanic activity or both occur at
this type of boundary? ____________________________
1-4
5. What type of plate boundary is illustrated to the right?
5-7
______________________________________________
A
.
6. Which number(s) on the map of plate boundaries
correspond to this type of boundary? ________________
Water
7. Which letters (if any) label
B
.
C
a. ocean crust __________________
D
.
E
.
b. continental crust _________________
c. lithosphere (pairs of letters) _______________
F
.
Asthenosphere
d. magma __________________
e. trench __________________
8. What type of plate boundary is illustrated to the right?
______________________________________________
8-10
A
9. Which number(s) on the map of plate boundaries
correspond to this type of boundary? ________________
Water
10. Which letters (if any) label
a. ocean crust __________________
C
b. continental crust _________________
d. magma __________________
Asthenosphere
e. trench __________________
______________________________________________
F
B
.
.
E
c. lithosphere (pairs of letters) ____________________
11. What type of plate boundary is illustrated to the right?
D
11-13
A
.
12. Which number(s) on the map of plate boundaries
correspond to this type of boundary? ________________
B
13. Which letters (if any) label
C
a. ocean crust __________________
b. continental crust _________________
c. lithosphere _____________________
d. magma __________________
Asthenosphere
e. trench __________________
14. What type of plate boundary is illustrated to the right?
14-16
______________________________________________
15. Which number(s) on the map of plate boundaries
Water
A
correspond to this type of boundary? ________________
16. Which letters (if any) label
a. ocean crust __________________
b. continental crust _________________
B
D
F
c. lithosphere (pairs of letters) ____________________
d. magma __________________
e. rift valley __________________
C
E
Asthenosphere
f
Asthenosphere